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[eumelia]

I just watched the Doctor Who 2008 Christmas special titled "The Next Doctor".

That means there will be spoilers! Beware!

It was... eh.

The villainess, Miss Ms. Mercy Hardigan, was boring and an Angry Woman who is Angry! At Men!
Lots of Men.
Has most brilliant mind there ever was!
Mwahahahahahahahahahaha!
Defeated by massive guilt trip.
Not so brilliant.

The Cybermen were uninteresting, like they usually are when there aren't any Daleks around.

Seriously, the Cyberman-Dalek exchange in "Doomsday" series two finale was one of the best ever! So hilarious.

Aaaaaaanyway!

The Doctor - Tennant - was cute and dashing as always.
The "Next" Doctor - Morrisey - should... really keep to singing as he's truly a horrendous actor.
Rosita - yes, that was the name *gag* - was the pretty, cockney, token woman of colour... she of course had to rescued from danger and from prostitution... I'm feeling the forward sci-fi thinking here.

Oh Russel T. Davies why do you wound me thus!

Aargh!

As I was watching the episode on Ursula-the-laptop, my mother asked me why I was looking so glum and why was I cringing.

Dude.
It could have been so-so-soooooooooooooo much better!

The next Doctor Who special is called "Planet of the Dead".
It's either Zombies or Vampires.
Either of those options has to be better than this special.
I really hope Auntie Beeb doesn't SNAFU Tennant's final year as the Doctor.
It would leave me with a really sour taste in my mouth... I don't know anything about this new guy... Matt Smith... except that Steven Moffat (he who will be replacing current Executive Producer and main writer Russel T. Davies) has a crush on his coiffure.

Man... I mean, compared to "A Christmas Invasion", "Voyage of the Damned" and "A Runaway Bride", "The Next Doctor" was just unoriginal, predictable and just plain... eh.
I'm tempted to say Pareveh - which means neither Milk nor Meat as related to Kosher laws and is colloquial in Israeli Hebrew as bland, boring and neither here nor there.
So yeah.
Pareveh.

Edited To Add: Via hemlock_sholes and violachic.
The Alternative Doctor Who Christmas Special:

Comments

[violachic.livejournal.com]

See, the Dr. Who Christmas special you should have watched was this one:

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

I did! I did! (http://eumelia.livejournal.com/374823.html)

My brother and I are huge Trekkies!.

[mizzpyx.livejournal.com]

Oh wow I LOVE that! Squeeee!

[violachic.livejournal.com]

Me too! In fact, this Sunday, I'm preaching a sermon that I am calling my "Big Star Trek Sermon"! I'm looking forward to it.

[lilacsigil.livejournal.com]

I agree. I liked the set-up, but the resolution was piss weak. It could have been so much better - I was hoping that she would say, "Whatever, so I'm part Cyber now, awesome! I suppose you're pretty tough so I'll take you up on that new planet offer, Doctor." Then the head of the giant robot could fly away and the body could do some stomping for the Doctor to stop. I just can't imagine why she would care about being a Cyberman, especially as she was just strapped into a chair with a hat on.

Also! What the hell was the bit with "No-one ever says thank you, let's applaud the Doctor"? LOTS of people thank him - methinks RTD is feeling a bit sulky that people criticise him.

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

Exactly!

So not well done.

I was also... huh? Applauding him? Tennant is leaving already?! But meh.